PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES TWO MEMBERS TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
SERVICES BOARD

The President today announced his intent to nominate the following
individuals to the National Museum Services Board:

Alberta Seybolt George of Massachusetts is president and chief
executive officer of Old Sturbridge Village. Ms. George first joined
the staff of Old Sturbridge Village in 1974, and served as director of
Museum Education from 1974 to 1981; vice president for Education and
Interpretation from 1981 to 1982; vice president for the Division of
Museum Program from 1982 to 1987; and as executive vice president from
1987 to 1993. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the American
Association of Museums and the former president of the New England
Museum Association. Ms. George earned a B.A. from the University of
Massachusetts in 1955, and an M.Ed. from Springfield College in 1961.
She attended the Executive Management Program at Yale University School
of Management in 1987.

David A. Ucko of Missouri is president of the Kansas City Museum in
Kansas City, Missouri. He is currently helping to lead the effort to
create Science City at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, a new
model for a science museum. Previously, Dr. Ucko served as deputy
director of the California Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles
from 1987 to 1990 and as vice president for Programs at the Museum of
Science and Industry in Chicago from 1986 to 1987. He has been the
recipient of numerous honors and grants and is the author of several
museum publications. He earned a B.A. from Columbia University in 1969
and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972. Dr.
Ucko was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow in 1969.

The National Museum Services Board is responsible for reviewing
the activities of the Institute of Museum Services (IMS) which is
located within the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities. In
addition, the Board shall encourage and assist museums in their
educational role and ease the financial burden borne by museums.